In a Round Table program on bankarization in Cuba, the vice president of the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC), Alberto Quiñones, assured that the main objective is to prioritize electronic payment channels.
In this regard, he reported that Cuban banks will be discounted with 6 percent to all customers who make payments through cards or payment gateways for goods and services, regardless of the type of business ownership.
“The center of any measurement of the banking system will always be the population. Therefore, this bonus is intended for clients, consumers, natural persons for making their payments directly,” said the manager.
When in doubt as to when the bonuses will begin and in which businesses it works, the BCC communicated in its institutional profiles:
“From August 15 to 30, save money with the 6% bonus that we offer you for making payments through the Online Payment option from Transfermóvil, QR Scanning from Enzona and when using the Point of Sale Terminals (POS) , for operations in CUP”.
various readers of Cubadebate They assured that in warehouses and other shopping centers apparently “they were not aware of the bonus” and no discount was made.
BONUS CUBAN BANKS
“Yesterday the 16th I paid at the Hotel Nacional and when paying with the card for the POS, they did not apply the 6% discount to me,” claimed a user. From Banca Personal Isla they responded that “hotels are not included in the bonus.”
“The bonus does not apply in the tourism sector,” they added from other Cuban banks.
Business owners demanded a “slice” of the bonuses. “It is very good that the bank offers a bonus for the use of electronic media, but to this must be added a bonus from the marketer, whether state or private, in the end it benefits by reducing the use of cash,” wrote Guillermo.
From Bandec they clarified that the bank “pays a commission to all businesses that offer the Extra Box service.”
